On Sat, 2007-04-14 at 10:55 -0400, Murray Maloney wrote:
>
>
> >Ian Hickson wrote:
> >>>If we use the "short" doctype <!DOCTYPE html> we will confuse people who
> >>>are used to xml, sgml and/or html4.
> >>The group of authors that would be confused is far, far outnumbered by
> >>the group of authors who would find the shorter DOCTYPE a significant
> >>improvement and simplification.
> >>
>
> If you aren't going to use a <!DOCTYPE properly, then please don't use it.
> <!DOCTYPE is an important token in SGML and XML. If you aren't intending
> to conform with SGML and XML, please do not use <!DOCTYPE.
The cute thing about <!DOCTYPE html> is that it does conform to XML.
This is a well-formed XML document:
---8<---
<!DOCTYPE doc>
<doc />
---8<---
(also attached for testing directly with web-based tools.)
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